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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Medway Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,450 approved · 943 refused · 500 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
89 Ingram Road Gillingham Medway ME7 1SH
Received 25 Oct 2019Land South Of View Road Cliffe Woods Rochester Kent
Received 25 Oct 2019Fairway Post Office 68 The Fairway Rochester Medway ME1 2LU
Received 26 Oct 2019181 Constitution Road Luton Chatham Medway ME5 7DJ
Received 28 Oct 201976 Clandon Road Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8UR
Received 27 Oct 201921 Style Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LS
Received 28 Oct 20194 Dixwell Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9TB
Received 28 Oct 201916 Millcroft Road Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7QN
Received 28 Oct 201912 Brambletree Crescent Borstal Rochester Medway ME1 3LG
Received 28 Oct 201914 Dunkirk Drive Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0JE
Received 28 Oct 2019159-161 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AQ
Received 28 Oct 201914 Dunkirk Drive Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0JE
Received 28 Oct 201922 Lambourn Way Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PU
Received 28 Oct 2019Rear Of 5 New Road Fronting The Paddock Chatham Kent ME4 4QJ
Received 28 Oct 2019Land Fronting The Paddock Rear Of 7-13 New Road Chatham Kent ME4 4QL
Received 28 Oct 2019Woodfield Cooling Common Cliffe Rochester Medway ME3 7TJ
Received 29 Oct 201931 Quixote Crescent Strood Rochester Medway ME2 3XB
Received 29 Oct 2019107 Lancelot Avenue Strood Rochester Medway ME2 2YX
Received 29 Oct 20198 Oakhurst Close Walderslade Chatham Medway ME5 9AN
Received 29 Oct 201920 Style Close Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9LS
Received 29 Oct 2019Brompton Barracks Dock Road Chatham Medway ME4 4UG
Received 29 Oct 201958 - 60 Parkwood Green Shopping Centre Parkwood Gillingham Medway ME8 9PP
Received 29 Oct 2019Land At Station Road (Bakersfield) Rainham Gillingham ME8 7QZ
Received 29 Oct 201933 Watts Avenue Rochester Medway ME1 1RX
Received 29 Oct 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Medway Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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